Featuring 10 Performances in Celebration of Eastman’s Centennial The Eastman Faculty Artist Series announces 10 performances for the Spring 2022 semester, an opportunity for our world-renowned and internationally acclaimed faculty members to demonstrate their virtuosity and artistry in Eastman’s stunning concert venues. “Always a beacon in the entirety of concerts presented at Eastman, the Faculty Artist Series features a…
DetailsNext week, from March 21 through March 25, Eastman will once again host a Women in Music Festival, after an eight-year hiatus, as part of our centennial celebration. “WMF”, conceived and directed by Assistant Professor Sylvie Beaudette, was an annual, and ever-growing, event at Eastman from 2005 to 2014. This “celebration of women in all…
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The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, jointly present Awadagin Pratt: Black in America, to be held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Awadagin Pratt: Black in America is described by Pratt himself: “Fusing music performed by Pratt, original still and…
DetailsHere are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Eastman violin professor, and Saturday concert, search for hope in midst of Ukraine’s tragedy (WXXI News 03/10/2022) Oleh Krysa points out that going back to…
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For Women’s History Month in March – and in observance of today’s International Women’s Day – we’ve chosen several women from the long list of outstanding women in Eastman history … representing the past, present, and future. (And remember that you can enjoy the work of many more women composers, performers, and scholars during Eastman’s…
DetailsHere are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) ‘Eastman at 100’ celebrates the school’s 100-year history and its place in Rochester – WXXI News (WXXI News 03/04/2022) The Eastman School of Music is…
DetailsWellness at Eastman is a monthly seminar series from Eastman Performing Arts Medicine (EPAM) featuring artists and clinicians speaking to physical and mental wellness for performing artists. Inspired by the Healthy Conservatoires movement in Europe, presentation topics this year include: the benefits of warming up and cooling down; peak performance on stage, nutrition’s effect on performing; incorporating mindfulness…
DetailsIn one of the Eastman BSU recital videos: hornist Brianna Garcon and accompanist Priscilla Yuen in William Grant Still’s “Bayou Home” from his Three Songs for Horn and Piano. The Black Student Union at Eastman has completed its annual Black History Month Recital Series. In this virtual series, the videos feature pieces by eminent black…
DetailsHere are some select recent clippings showing the variety of hits/mentions identifying musicians and scholars as Eastman School of Music alumni, faculty or students. (Note: Some links may have expired.) Film music moves from background to center stage at Kilbourn Hall event – WXXI News (WXXI News 02/25/2022) That’s the kind of challenge often faced…
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As part of the Eastman School of Music’s Centennial celebration, and in observance of Women’s History Month, the school is bringing back the Women in Music Festival March 21-25, 2022. This year’s weeklong festival includes noontime and evening concerts, a daylong symposium devoted to Florence B. Price (the first African American woman to be recognized…
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